STATE OF MAINE DISTRICT COURT

CUMBERLAND ss, LOCATION: PORTLAND

DOCKET NO.: PC-13-18

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IN RE MILA A. MALENKO ) COURT REQUESTED CLARIFICATION
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NOW COMES Stephen Pickering, Robert Gilman and Newbold Noyes, pro se,
responding to the requests made during the May 9, 2013 Case Management Hearing for Docket
Number PC-13-18. The court requested that the petitioners identify which allegations have been
or could have been previously litigated. AAG Michael Kearney requested that specific dates
accompany the allegations and that this document be double spaced. GAL Christopher Leddy
requested that the petitioners explain how the incidents alleged place the child, Mila Malenko, in
jeopardy.

After careful review of the petition dated April 16, 2013 your petitioners determined that each
incident alleged included month, day and year. Furthermore these allegations were listed in
chronological order from oldest to newest information. In an effort to please the court and AAG
Kearney the petitioners will enter the dates in bold type.

PHYSICAL ASSAULT OF MILA MALENKO ON OR ABOUT JULY 13, 2010.

Your petitioners are aware that the mother brought the child to the ER at the Maine Coast
Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth when the mother noticed injuries to the child's arm and half inch
line of abrasion cut along Milas bikini line area near the vagina. The child told the doctor that
the injury to the arm was caused when her father grabbed her while preventing her from running
into the road. The child told the doctor that the injury on her bikini line next to her vagina
occurred when her father rubbed her with a cardboard box. The last line of the medical report
reads: In the meantime, the childs complaints were reported to the Ellsworth Office of Child
Protective Services. See ER report and photos Exhibit 1.

Your petitioners are aware that the mother followed up with Marie Kelly of DHHS in Ellsworth.
The mother learned that DHHS was not going to open a case based on the ER doctor's report.
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Marie Kelly claimed she was reading from the ER report and that Mila had reported to the ER
doctor that her father had hit her with a cardboard box and that DHHS did not believe that being
hit with a cardboard box was child abuse. The mother, who was in the ER with the child when
the child explained to the doctor what had happened, told Marie Kelly that the child did not use
the word hit but actually said that the father rubbed her with a cardboard box. Marie Kelly said
she would get the report and call the mother back.

Your petitioners area aware that Marie Kelly called the mother back. She admitted that the ER
report did not say hit and that the ER report did say the doctor reported that the child had
reported to him that her father had rubbed her with a cardboard box next to her vagina. Marie
Kelly still would not open an investigation after learning the actual nature of the child's
statement. See attached recorded phone calls with Lori Handrahan and DHHS supervisor
Marie Kelly Exhibit 2.

Your petitioner, Stephen Pickering, based on his training and experience as a child abuse
investigator agree with the ER doctor's concerns as to the cause and manner of the child's
injuries. The inside of the bicep bruise is consistent with a thumb being squeezed tightly as the
child is being restrained. This is considered a classic child abuse injury. In severe cases the
bruise is usually accompanied by a spiral fracture. The explanation of being grabbed before
running into the road or before falling down stairs is the most common explanation for this type
of injury. Your petitioner will not completely rule out that protecting the child from running into
the road did not happen in this instance but it is unlikely. Your petitioner can find no logical
reason why a parent would rub a child with a cardboard box on the body near the vaginal area
with enough force or repetition that the action would cause an injury.

Your petitioners believe that through DHHS's negligence of not responding to the ER doctor's
concerns, the child was forced to stay in serious harm or threat of serious harm by having
continued unsupervised visits with the father.

This alleged assault as not been litigated.

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PHYSICAL ASSAULT OF MILA MALENKO ON OR ABOUT MARCH 25, 2011.

On March 25, 2011 Mila Malenko disclosed to her mother that her father Igor Malenko struck
her in the head with a metal pan. The disclosure was in response to the child's mother asking the
child how she came to have a bruise on her forehead. The mother, after realizing the gravity of
the child's explanation, had the child repeat the explanation as the mother recorded it. The child
was not aware that she was being recorded. See attached transcript of the recorded disclosure
and recording of the disclosure. Exhibit 3.

On March 26, 2011 Petitioner Stephen Pickering witnessed the bruise and the bump on the
child's head and listened to the recording of the disclosure.

On March 27, 2011 Mila was taken by her mother to the Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in
Ellsworth. The bruise was examined and noted in a report. (See ER Medical Report and Photos
Exhibit 4) Mila did not disclose abuse or any other reason for the bruise. A report was made to
DHHS by the mother. Mila was returned to her fatheri, the alleged abuser, per the court ordered
visitation and in anticipation that DHHS would act swiftly and decisively to protect Mila. The
Department of Health and Human Services office in Portland was notified and caseworker Alicia
Cummings was assigned. Mila did not disclose to Cummings. See recordings of Lori
Handrahans conversations with Alicia Cummings Exhibit 5.

On April 6, 2011 your Petitioner, Stephen Pickering, had a conversation with Cummings. She
repeatedly questioned whether or not your Petitioner was confusing Mila's birthmark with a
bruise. At this point Cummings had not seen the ER report or photos and was clearly basing her
questions to your Petitioner on statements made by Mila's father, the alleged abuser. Your
Petitioner also learned from Cummings that the father was notified at least twenty four hours
prior to the interview of Mila. Cummings spent a total of twenty to thirty minutesii with Mila.
This period of time included Cummings being introduced to Mila, an explanation of why
Cummings was there, rapport building (if any) and questioning about alleged abuse. Your
Petitioner was told by Cummings that this period of time was sufficient to get a disclosure from a
child.

Referring to Title 22 sub section 4002 (6) (A) and (B-1) Jeopardy is alleged based on Serious
harm or threat of serious harm and Deprivation of necessary health care when the deprivation

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of health care places the child in danger of serious harm. Your petitioners believe, as would
any reasonable and prudent person, that a blow to the head with a metal pan would cause any
person, child or adult, serious harm or the threat of serious harm. Furthermore, there was no
effort by the father to take the child to a healthcare professional for examination after the blow to
the head. In this case the father chose the opposite route of a caring and nurturing parent. The
father made no effort to take the child to the hospital as the mother did. The father chose instead
to conceal the injury with a head band designed to maintain control of the child's hair as well as
an adornment or decoration. The father, when confronted with the child's disclosure, explained
that the injury was actually a birthmark and not a bruise. This explanation is contradicted by the
medical professional's report describing the injury as a contusion and no mention of a birthmark.
See attached medical report. The father's deprivation of necessary health care places the child
in serious harm, to wit, complications from and untreated head injury including but not limited
to a concussion.

Your petitioners believe that Serious harm or threat of serious harm continued due to the lack
of a thoughtful and thorough investigation by Department of Health and Human Services
caseworker, Alicia Cummings. The case worker, before reviewing medical records, was
satisfied with the father's explanation that the injury was in fact a birthmark. The case worker
advocated for the father's explanation and attempted to convince your petitioner, Stephen
Pickering, a person that the petitioner was aware had twenty plus years experience in
investigating child abuse allegations, was mistaken in his identification of the injury.

The caseworker spent less than thirty minutes with the child. This time period includes
introduction to the child, becoming acquainted, providing time for the child to become at ease
with a new situation, learning the child's personality, assessing the child's ability to comprehend,
setting the stage for the subject to be discussed, asking general questions to gage responses,
observe body language for non verbal clues, carefully asking non leading questions about the
subject, listening to the answers and finally spending time with informal conversation with child
to preserve the rapport for future conversations. These steps are normal protocol taught to
caseworkers and police to conduct these types of investigations. This process takes much more
than thirty minutes. The petitioners believe that the caseworker's lack of due diligence and
failure to follow excepted protocols for child interviews further subjected the child to Serious

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harm or threat of serious harm as the caseworker determined that the child was safe with the
alleged abuser based solely on a sub standard interview and incomplete investigation. Based on
training and experience your petitioner is aware that the accepted protocol for conducting an
investigation involves interviewing the complainant, interviewing any witnesses, reviewing
physical evidence, interviewing the victim and finally interviewing the suspect. Your petitioner
is aware that from attending joint training with child protective workers that these workers are
aware of these basic protocols. In this case the case worker did just the opposite. The case
worker interviewed the suspect and the attorney first, then the victim and then the complainant.
The case worker gave the suspect twenty four hours notice of the pending interview. The case
worker left on leave for two weeks without reviewing the medical reports. No one at the
Department of Health and Human Services was assigned to continue the investigation in the case
workers absence.

Your petitioners believe that the case worker personally subjected the child to Serious harm or
threat of serious harm by warning the alleged abuser that the victim had disclosed that she had
been assaulted. The case worker facilitated the chances of further abuse by giving the alleged
abuser twenty four hours to isolate, threaten or coerce the child into silence and/or recanting her
disclosure. Your petitioner's believe that the case worker's disregard for their normal protocols,
specifically the protocol of not notifying the alleged abuser prior to interviewing the victim if
that notification could reasonably be foreseen as dangerous for the victim or detrimental to the
investigation, indicates that the case worker believed from the start that the allegations had no
merit and therefore conducted her investigation without care or concern for the child.

On April 7, 2011 the mother traveled to Maine from Washington DC to enjoy her visitation with
her daughter. The date and time and location that the child was to be picked up by the mother
was pre-approved by the father. The mother arrived at the prescribed location and at the
predetermined time and learned that the father had changed the plans without notifying the
mother and denied her visitation in defiance of the court ordered visitation. The visitation
continued to be denied until April 22, 2011. This action by the father is a classic response of an
alleged abuser taking extraordinary measures to conceal the victim from those who may learn the
truth about the alleged abuse.iii

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On April 22, 2011 I accompanied the mother when she picked up her daughter at the Montessori
School in South Portland. I provided the two with transportation to Hancock County. Per your
petitioner's instructions, the mother activated an audio recording device. The device was not
visible to the child. During the first forty minutes of the ride mother and daughter engaged in
what your petitioner would describe as "catching up" conversation. This conversation included
the mother and daughter playing the "I love you more than...." game. During this game the child
spontaneously brought up the subject of the bruise to the forehead and explained to the mother
that the bruise was actually a birthmark. The child went on to explain that her father had given
her this information. Your petitioner was present during the entire conversation and can attest
that the mother did not initiate the bruise/birthmark discussion nor did she make any suggestive
comments that would prompt the child to discuss the bruise. The only responses that the mother
gave to the child was that she did not remember what the child was talking about which in turn
caused the child to explain in greater detail. After the brief discussion the child wrapped her
arms around the mother's neck and fell asleep. See attached transcript of this recording and the
recording as Exhibit 6.

Your petitioner made contact with Department of Health and Human Services. As a result of
that contact, DHHS Case worker Christopher Call was assigned to the case. Your petitioners
believe that having a case worker travel three hours one way to conduct an interview inhibited
the process and the chances of a less stressful situation for the child. In this situation the case
worker was already fatigued after driving three hours in the rain and arrived at a time when the
child would normally be napping. The department would have been better served with assigning
a case worker from Hancock County. A local case worker would have had more time to build a
rapport with the child and been able to make the child feel at ease about talking to a new person.

In my conversations with Call I learned that he had done child protective case for ten years but
no longer does them. I learned that he kept current on the latest interview techniques though he
did not seem to know about the new DHHS protocols for conducting forensic interviews. I
learned that he had planned on watching a hockey playoff game on this date and was
disappointed that he would miss it. I learned that he did not know why he was assignediv to the
case other than being the on call person for the weekend. I learned that he obtained background

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information on the case from Alicia Cummings and Beth Fawcett before meeting with the child
and her mother.

I joined Call as he interviewed the child. He spent no time rapport building and he asked
questions without knowing if the child understood what was being asked. At one point I asked
the child who already responded to the question if she knew what the key wordv in the question
meant. She stated that she did not know. The case worker appeared to try to do a good interview
but he did not appear prepared, his approach was clumsy and not what you would expect from an
experienced child abuse investigator. The case worker spent nearly one and half hours with the
child and was unable to get a disclosure about the blow to the head. At one point during the
interview the caseworker said to the child "Okay, But Poppa didn't hit you?" Your petitioner is
aware that this is a leading question designed to get a specific answer.

The case worker determined when the interview was over. He turned off the recorder and we left
the room. I returned a few minutes later and continued to talk with the child. I told the child that
I was sorry that she had been hit with a wooden bowl. The child corrected me and said it was a
metal pan. I asked who hit her and she told me her poppa. I left the child alone and told the case
worker and the mother about the disclosure. The case worker appeared to not want to hear what
I related. A few minutes later the child joined us and I repeated the wooden bowl ruse. The
child corrected me again in the presence of the case worker. The case worker appeared upset
with the revelation and would not consider it.

Your petitioners believe that the Department of Health and Human Services created an
environment that caused Serious harm or threat of serious harm by continuing to provide sub
standard case workers to investigate these serious allegations. The result of their inability to
perform their mandated work is that the child remains in the control and custody of the alleged
abuser.

This allegation of assault was presented by attorney Waxman at a hearing before Judge
Moskowitz on April 26, 2012. It is apparent by his decision that he drew conclusions from
evidence that he did not actually review. There is nothing in the ER report that refutes abuse as
he cites in his decision. The ER report clearly identifies a contusion that was diagnosed by
examination and documented by photos. This report is inconsistent with the father's assertion

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that there was no bruise and his claim that the ER personnel only saw a birthmark. The judge
goes so far to conclude that the allegation of abuse is not true. Your petitioners believe that there
could have been no evidence presented that conclusively showed that the allegation was false.
The ER report alone clearly indicates there was an injury.

This situation was further aggravated by attorney Waxman's campaign to have the mother
committed to a mental hospital and/or arrested. Attorney Waxman has told the mother on
numerous occasions that he will have her arrested when she returns to Maine. He has contacted
the FBI, the South Portland Police Department and the courts to have her arrested. The mother,
based on her belief and knowledge, that attorney Waxman has been able to achieve every threat
or promise to cause the mother to lose different aspects of her liberty, believes that she will be
arrested if she should come to Maine.

Your petitioners are aware that as recently as April 17, 2013 attorney Waxman petitioned the
court to have the mother arrested and presented dubious evidence to justify his request. See
attached emails Exhibit 7. Your petitioners are aware that the court has taken the motion under
advisement. Your petitioners are aware that the only time that Judge Moskowitz's court ruled in
the mother's favor resulted in attorney Waxman filing a motion for the judge to be recused. The
judge refused and future decisions were decided in the father's favor. Attorney Waxman went so
far as to predict this outcome in an e-mail. See Exhibit 8. Due to the mother's reasonable fear
that she would be arrested or institutionalized, attorney Waxman had created a situation that
allowed him to present false or misleading evidence to the court at the April 26, 2012 hearing.
Attorney Waxman was allowed to present witnesses whose testimony would not be challenged
for truthfulness, accuracy or bias.

Your petitioners believe that it is not an unreasonable consequence for normal and stable person
to avoid an important court date due to fear of false imprisonment. Your petitioners believe that
attorney Waxman's conduct has caused the child to be subjected to serious harm or threat of
serious harm as his conduct makes it nearly a fore gone conclusion that the court will rule in the
father's favor and keep the child with the alleged abuser.

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CONTINUOUS DENIAL OF MOTHER'S VISITATION OF CHILD BY FATHER

On April 22, 2011 the mother picked up the child at the Montessori School in South Portland.
The mother did this earlier than the father expected in response to the father agreeing on a time
and then reneging without or warning or reasonable explanation. The mother traveled to
Sorrento for the weekend and then traveled to Washington DC for a week to make up for the
time that the father withheld in violation of the court ordered visitation. During the time in
Washington DC the mother kept in constant contact with the father giving a daily log of
activities the mother and child were engaged in. During the time in Washington DC the father
notified the mother that the FBI was preparing to arrest her for parental kidnapping. The father
had his attorney advised the mother that an Amber Alert had been issued and that the mother
would be arrested. Your petitioner, Stephen Pickering, contacted South Portland Police
Department and the Maine State Police and learned that not only was there no Amber Alert but
there had not been a request for one. Your petitioner contact S/A Paul Pritchard at the Portland
FBI Office and learned that Igor Malenko had left a message on the FBI phone system. S/A
Pritchard stated he had not fully listened to the message and had not begun an investigation. S/A
Pritchard stated that if the mother returned the child by May 10, 2011 he would not have to open
an investigation but would be required to based merely on the accusation by the father if she did
not return the child as directed. This date was arrived at by the mother's calculations of lost time
and allowed vacation time.

On May 10, 2011 the mother returned the child to the father per the court ordered visitation
schedule and at the FBI's suggestion. On the next and subsequent court ordered visitation dates
the mother was denied visitation with the child. During this time the father informed the mother
via e-mail that she would be arrested if the mother persisted in trying to see the child. During
this very same time the mother was getting e-mails from the father's attorney inquiring why the
mother was not trying to see the child. The attorney informed they mother that if she submitted
to and paid for supervised visits she could see the child. This condition imposed by the father
through the attorney was not required by the court or any authorized agent of the court or the
state. This condition was in direct violation of the court ordered visitation.

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On May 16, 2011 the mother had a conversation with DHHS Portland supervisor Louise
Boisvert regarding denying visitation with the child. The mother informed Boisvert that the
child had lost approximately six pounds during the twenty eight days she had been withheld from
the mother by the father and attorney Waxman. This was documented, by chance, between two
ER reports: On March 27, 2011the child was taken to the Ellsworth ER to have the contusion in
her forehead examined. The child's weight was recorded as 18 kg (39.60 lbs). April 22, 2011 the
mother picked up the child from South Portland and noticed that she had lost weight. On April
28, 2011 while the mother and child were visiting Washington DC they both experienced
symptoms of an intestinal virus. The mother took the child to the Georgetown ER for a
diagnosis and prescription for anti-vomiting medicine. The child's weight was recorded as 15.3
kg (33.66 lbs). The mother returned the child to the father per the court ordered visitation on
May 10, 2011. The father later falsely claimed that the mother had taken the child to the ER in
Georgetown for a vaginal exam. The father claimed in an email to the mother that the child had
told him this. Your petitioners believe that the father was attempting to create a false record to
further his justification for keeping the child from the mother. See recorded phone call with
DHHS Louise Boisvert, Malenko email and Georgetown ER report as Exhibit 9.

On May 31, 2011 at the request of Governor LePage and at the invitation of DHHS
Commissioner Mary Mayhew over twenty people attended a session at DHHS offices in Augusta
where Commissioner Mayhew, Deputy Commissioner Bonnie Smith and then Head of Child
Protection Dan Despard were presented with evidence of Milas abuse by Maine child abuse
experts as well as national child abuse experts, including Dr. Joy Silberg, Dr. Carl Baum and Dr.
Eli Newberger, the latter two participated by speaker on the telephone. Commissioner Mayhew
promised that this information would be reviewed and investigated. Commissioner Mayhew
assigned Mark Dalton and Rebecca Austin to review allegations brought up at the meeting. See
meeting agenda, participants, and PowerPoint presentation of evidence of the abuse provided
to Commissioner Mayhew. Emails from Governor LePages Personal Assistant Micki Mullen
Exhibit 10.

On June 21, 2011 the mother traveled from Washington DC to South Portland and attempted to
see the child and enjoy her court ordered visitation. The child's father notified the police as did
the mother when she was refused contact. The father contacted his attorney, Michael Waxman.

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The attorney presented to the responding police verbal and written information indicating that
the mother was not allowed unsupervised contact with the child and gave Mark Dalton of DHHS
as a contact person that would corroborate the information. The police encouraged the mother to
contact Dalton and hire an attorney. The police left without taking further action. The mother
was denied contact with the child.

Your Petitioner learned through contact with the South Portland Police Department that
responding officer, Patricia Maynard, observed an "official document" presented to her by the
attorney. Your petitioner does not have confirmed information but suspects that this document is
likely a copy of the divorce judgment that allows the primary residence parent, the father, to
make decisions that concern the health and welfare of the child when both parents cannot agree.
Your petitioners submit that this does not apply to the court ordered visitation which was later
confirmed to DA Stephanie Anderson by Judge Moskowitz on January 27, 2012. See recorded
transcripts of this interaction and recordings as Exhibit 11.

On June 27, 2011 your Petitioner met with Mark Dalton of DHHS. Dalton assured your
Petitioner that neither he nor anyone else at DHHS told the child's father or attorney that the
child's mother could not see the child unless supervised. Dalton confirmed that there is no
DHHS document that states that the child's mother is subject to only supervised visits. See email
from Mark Dalton as Exhibit 12.

On August 8, 2011 Lori Handrahan and attorney Judy Potter met with Mark Dalton, Theresa
Cahill-Lowe of DHHS and AAG Janice Stuver at the DHHS offices in Augusta. During the
meeting attorney Potter attempted to have them explain why they ignored Spurwink's findings of
sexual abuse. The representatives of DHHS stated that there interpretation of the report was
different than the mother's. Dalton did acknowledge that he told the mother that the Spurwink
report could not rule out coaching when in fact the report does not use the word coaching. Your
petitioner has read the report and it states. "However the specificity of Mila's statements is quite
compelling and difficult to dismiss merely as the result of suggestion. Moreover, Spurwink Co-
Director Joyce Wientzen says specifically:

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The August 8 recording along with the earlier phone call between Handrahan and Dalton are
attached as Exhibit 13.

Your petitioners are aware that the Spurwink report has been litigated and disregarded by the
court. Your petitioners are aware that the mother appealed the court's decision and the appellate
court decided that the court did not err in excluding the Spurwink report. Your petitioners are
aware that nowhere in the appellate court's decision does it say that the Spurwink report is
inaccurate, misleading or false. It only ruled that the court had the right to consider it or not and
the court chose not to. This ruling does not make the report any less true. The three Spurwink
reports are attached as Exhibit 14.

On August 12, 2011 your Petitioner, Stephen Pickering, was in attorney Judy Potter's office as
she was engaged in a conference call with Michael Waxman and Judge Moskowitz. Your
petitioner was not part of the call but Judy Potter had put the call on speaker. The subject of
visitation came up and attorney Waxman stated that his client would not allow it. Your
Petitioner heard Judge Moskowitz say, "I hope you know what you are doing." Your petitioner
understood this to be a warning from the judge.

Your petitioners are aware that during this call Judge Moskowitz made it clear that there would
be a hearing where Dr. Carl Baum and Dr. Eli Newberger would be allowed to present their
testimony and evidence of Milas abuse. Attorney Waxman opposed letting them testify. Judge
Moskowitz said that he had read the sworn affidavit of Dr. Baum and Dr. Newberger, agreed
with attorney Potter that they were important and they would get their day in court. Judge
Moskowitz instructed attorney Potter to call all her expert witnesses immediately and get
confirmation that they could testify on or about September 22, 2011.

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Your petitioners are aware that shortly after this call attorney Waxman filed a motion demanding
Judge Moskowitz recues himself from the case. Judge Moskowitz declined to recuse himself.
Judge Moskowitz later refused to hold a hearing on Milas abuse or a hearing concerning the
father denying visitation in violation of the court order. Dr. Baum and Dr. Newberger were
never allowed to testify, despite Judge Moskowitzs commitment on August 12, 2012 to hear
their testimony concerning the child's jeopardy and abuse. Emails between Judy Potter and the
expert witnesses about this hearing are attached as Exhibit 15.

Your petitioners are aware that on or about October 18, 2011 Dean Crocker, acting as Maines
Ombudsman for DHHS issued a report. This report was challenged, fact by fact by LSCW
Lesley Devoe and your petitioner in two detailed reports challenging the many serious errors in
the report. Your petitioner, Stephen Pickering, called Dean Crocker and Crocker admitted to
your petitioner that he did not write the report, that he signed it, he stated that he did not conduct
the investigation and did not know where the information was obtained.

The Ombudsman report and the two challenges to this report have never been litigated. Your
petitioner is aware that attorney Waxman uses the Ombudsman report on a regular basis to help
support his position and has posted it on the Internet. Ombudsman Report and Devoe and
Pickering Report Rebuttals Exhibit 16.

Your petitioners are aware that on November 3, 2011 attorney Waxman responded to an e-mail
from Jennifer Cuddy. In the e-mail he states that the mother subjected the child to fifteen pelvic
exams when he knew based on medical reports in his possession that it was not true. In the same
e-mail attorney Waxman's states how he is surprised that the mother has not "jammed a coke
bottle into Mila's vagina" in order to frame the father. Your petitioners find this course of
conduct troubling but also feel that this type of statement being condoned by the father further
places the child in serious harm or threat of serious harm as it is clear that attorney Waxman,
the architect of the disgusting scenario might very well injure the child in this fashion and blame
the mother. Waxman email to Jenny Cuddy and Jenny Cuddy recorded call Exhibit 17.

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On January 27, 2012 the mother came to Maine in an attempt to see her daughter per the court
ordered visitation. The mother went to the Maiden Cove Daycare in Cape Elizabeth. The mother
attempted to take custody of her daughter and during the attempt was assaulted by the
stepmother. The Cape Elizabeth Police were called and Cumberland County District Attorney
Stephanie Anderson was notified. DA Anderson consulted with Judge Moskowitz and learned
that there was a court order in effect that allowed the mother, Lori Handrahan, visitation with the
child, Mila Malenko. DA Anderson learned that there were no other orders that superseded the
visitation order.

DA Anderson informed Cape Elizabeth Police Sergeant Andrew Steindl that there was a court
order in effect that allowed the mother visitation with the child. Sergeant Steindl decided to
disregard Judge Moskowitz and DA Anderson's information and consulted with the Department
of Health and Human Services case worker, Monica Williams. Your petitioner was told by Chief
Neil Williams of the Cape Elizabeth Police Department that the case worker advised Sergeant
Steindl to allow the child to leave the daycare with the father. Chief Williams explained to your
petitioner that the reason the officer did not act on DA Anderson's information was because he
did not want his officer's becoming involve in a civil matter and preferred to have his officer
defer to DHHS to handle the matter.

Your petitioners are aware that attorney Potter and the mother waited in the South Portland
Police Station from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm as they were told that the police would help facilitate
the mother's court ordered visitation. They were joined by DA Anderson at 7:00 pm. Officers
from South Portland Police and the Cape Elizabeth Police claimed that they did not know where
the child was. Your petitioner later learned from the Maiden Cove Daycare director that the
police, with attorney Waxman, were in the day care parking area during this time and that the
child remained inside with the director until approximately 6:00 pm. Judy Potter letter to DA
Stephanie Anderson about this event and Judy Potters summary for DHHS are attached as
Exhibit 18.

On January 31, 2012 your petitioner attended a hearing before Judge Moskowitz. At the end of
the hearing attorney Potter asked Judge Moskowitz about the mother's right to have visitation
with the child. Judge Moskowitz responded that there is a court order in place that allowed the
mother to see her child. The attorney for the father, Michael Waxman, stated that his client will

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not honor that court order. The judge responded that there was a court order in place and it was
to be adhered to. Attorney Waxman stood up, pointed his finger at the judge and stated, "I'm
telling you" that the court order will not be honored. Attorney Waxman raised his voice to the
judge while telling the judge that his client would not obey the order.

Judge Moskowitz quickly adjourned the hearing after refusing to give attorney Waxman legal
advice as to whether his client was committing civil contempt or criminal contempt by
disobeying the judge's court order. The last pages of the court transcript with five witness
statements are attached as Exhibit 19.

On February 1, 2012 attorney Waxman sent attorney Potter an e-mail relative to the January 31
hearing. Attorney Waxman ended the e-mail with: And the more I think of it, the less I am
convinced that this Court has any power over ME in any fashion. This email is attached as
Exhibit 20.

On February 2, 2012 your petitioner, Stephen Pickering, contacted Theresa Cahill-Lowe of the
Department of Health and Human Services. Cahill-Lowe informed your petitioner that case
worker Monica Williams told the police that the department did not have an open case and to
follow whatever the court order instructed. This revelation from Cahill-Lowe either contradicts
the police or the DHHS caseworker. This is yet another example of how the people who are
sworn or mandated to protect our state's children instead engage in sub standard work that in this
case resulted in the child remaining with her alleged abuser.

On February 21, 2012 your petitioner, Stephen Pickering, and attorney Judy Potter met with
DHHS case worker Christina Smith and her supervisor Brenda Holbrook. The mother, Lori
Handrahan, joined us via telephone. The conversation began with Handrahan asking for a list of
witnesses that Smith had promised to provide at this meeting. Your petitioners are aware that
Handrahan was concerned about a witness list because DHHS Portland supervisor Louise
Boisvert had previously given Handrahan erroneous information about previous witnesses. Your
petitioners are aware that Boisvert had claimed that DHHS had recently interviewed
Handrahans mother. Your petitioner spoke with Handrahan's mother, Janet Tarbuck, and
learned that no one from DHHS had spoken to her since 2009.

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Smith reneged on the promise and Handrahan's response was not pleasant. At one point Smith
got up to leave and stated that she was not going to listen to this condescending bitch. Smith's
supervisor told her to stay in the room but Smith left without regard to her supervisor's wishes.
Smith eventually returned.

Attorney Potter confirmed the mother's comment about Waxman's claiming control over the
father. Attorney Potter told Smith and Holbrook that attorney Waxman stated that he makes the
decisions for the father as Waxman is "in a unique position of control over Igor". Your
petitioner was given this same information by attorney Potter prior to the meeting. Attorney
Potter told your petitioner that during a negotiation with attorney Waxman, that he makes the
decisions for the father as he is in a unique position of control over the father. Your petitioners
believe that this kind of control over another is not only unethical in this instance but could
potentially put the child in serious harm or threat of serious harm if for some reason the father
decided to wrestle control of his life from attorney Waxman while in close proximity to the
child.

Smith and her supervisor stated that the child had been interviewed so many times that nothing
she said, be it concerning the father or the mother, could be given any weight or credibility.
Smith stated that her recommendation on how the department would proceed would be available
soon. The supervisor intimated that due to vacation schedules that the decision might not be
available prior to the March 8, 2012 hearing date. The recordings of all Lori Handrahans
conversation with Christina Smith are attached as Exhibit 21.

On March 5, 2012 DHHS case worker, Christine Smith, issued her findings. She based the
majority of her decision on statements made by Mila Malenko. Smith decided that the mother,
who has been kept from her child for nearly two years in violation of a court order and has not
enjoyed any kind of relationship due to the father's refusal to obey the court order, is not safe to
be around her daughter unsupervised. Your petitioners believe that the opposite is true. Your
petitioners are aware that during the time that the child has been sequestered from the mother,
attorney Waxman has presented his views and negative thoughts of the mother on the Internet.
In a posting on Facebook, attorney Waxman commented that he wished he could be like Men in
Black and have a special light that would erase all memories that Mila has of her mother. This is
an example of many such postings by attorney Waxman. Your petitioners believe that this

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posting is indicative of the likely efforts by the father and attorney Waxman to turn the child
away from the mother and very likely convince the child that the mother no longer exists.
Screenshots of Michael Waxmans Facebook postings Exhibit 22.

On May 3, 2012 Judge Jeffrey Moskowitz issued a ruling that provided sole parental rights and
responsibilities to the father. The ruling included reference to evidence presented ostensibly in
his courtroom. The judge accurately noted that circumstances have changed since February 1,
2011, in particular, your petitioners would point out that the father has withheld contact with the
child from the mother since May 10, 2011. A circumstance that the judge failed to consider.

The court noted that the mother has attempted to have the father declared mentally ill. The court
appears to make no mention of the father's attorney's campaign to have the mother declared
mentally ill. It appears to have been successful as the judge cited the mothers Narcissistic
Personality Disorder though no evidence was ever presented in his or any other court to support
this. Your petitioners know of no legal or ethical way the court would have been privy to
information about the mother's alleged mental health unless presented by a mental health
professional at a proper hearing. In 2009, at Judge Moskowitz's direction, the mother completed
a full DBTvi evaluation, was cleared of any mental illness or disorder and the evaluation report
was provided to the court on more than one occasion. The DBT clearance, along with other
clean reports of mental health are attached as Exhibit 23.

Judge Moskowitz, in his decision, notes that he is not sure if it was done. Your petitioner is
aware that the mother and the father were required to complete a Parental Capacity Evaluation as
part of their divorce. This evaluation was conducted by Carol Kabacoff. Your petitioner is
aware that Kabacoff testified that she did not diagnose the mother as Kabacoff does not like to
label people. Your petitioner is aware that a year later attorney Waxman purported to depose
Kabacoff without the mother or counsel for the mother present. In this alleged deposition
Kabacoff stated that the mother presented with the worst case of Narcissistic Personality
Disorder that she had seen in all her years of evaluating people. Your petitioner is aware that no
follow up evaluation of the mother was conducted before the supposed deposition and no new
information was furnished to Kabacoff since the original PCE. Your petitioner is aware that
attorney Waxman has provided the transcript of the supposed deposition concerning the mother's
alleged mental health to many people including posting it in the Internetvii. Your Petitioner is

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also aware that attorney Judy Potter requested that the mother be evaluated as a condition of her
taking the case. The mother complied and once again showed no symptoms of mental illness or
personality disorder.

The ruling noted that the allegation that the father assaulted the daughter in March of 2011 was
unsubstantiated and untrue. The ruling stated that the medical reports and photographs refute the
claim. This is blatantly untrue. The medical report indicates that there was a contusion and is
evidenced by the photographs. The report does not confirm abuse because the child did not
disclose to the medical personnel at the hospitalviii. The attorney for the father is aware and was
aware at the time of the hearing, as well a DHHS case worker Christina Smith that the child did
disclose to a trained child abuse investigator with decades of experience. To say the accusations
were unproven would be accurate but to say that they were untrue has no basis in fact.

The decision mentions that medical records were admitted that claimed that the mother brought
the child to be examined on "at least twenty occasions" and hinted at or made claims that the
child was being abused by her father. Your Petitioner has seen these records and has reviewed
them with attorney Potter. Judge Moskowitz clearly could not have examined the records. Your
Petitioner counted fifteen visits between August 2, 2009 and April 28, 2011. All but two visits
were for well child checkups, normal childhood maladies and no mention of abuse. Two were
because of concerns related to alleged abuse and one was at the direction of DHHS to be
examined by Spurwink.

The judge writes that the mother insisted on urine drug screens based on her unwavering belief
that the father is drugging the child. The father and the father's attorney are aware and was
aware at the time of the hearing that the father had been charged and convicted of shop lifting
cough medicine. They are aware that the child was with the father when the theft occurred.
They are aware that a medical professional recommended that a urine drug screen be conducted
on the child as cough medicine is commonly used by child molesters to drug children. They are
aware that the first drug test came back positive for l-methamphetamine. They are aware that
MDEA S/A Lloyd "Chip" Woodman instructed the mother to obtain more tests in a controlled
situation such as a hospital for evidentiary purposes. Unfortunately, S/A Woodman did not
explain to the mother that methamphetamine metabolizes from body within hours of exposure
resulting in future tests coming back negative due to the delay in taking the test.

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The judge writes that the mother posted pictures of the child's genitals on the Internet. Your
petitioner, Stephen Pickering, was present at the January 31, 2012 hearing and heard the father
testify that the pictures were on the Internet for six days. Your petitioner has seen a picture taken
during a medical examination that has the child's genital area redacted. Your petitioner is aware
that this picture was part of presentation given to DHHS. Your petitioner is aware that this
presentation was placed on a website on November 5, 2011. Your petitioner is aware that the
one picture, not pictures, was removed by the mother within twenty four hours of the posting.
Your petitioner alleges that the father committed perjury during the January 31, 2012 hearing.
Your petitioner alleges that the father committed perjury again if the father testified to the same
information at the April 26, 2012 hearing. Your petitioner alleges that the father provided false
or altered evidence if he presented a photo screen shot from the website that showed an
unredacted photo of the child's genitals.

The judge writes that the mother made a conscious decision to intentionally disobey the court
order to remove the website depicting information about her daughter. The judge noted that this
was a mutual agreement order for both parties to remove their websites. The father and the
attorney for the father are aware that the father's and or the attorney's websites are still on the
Internet and continue to defame and slander the mother. The judge makes no mention of the
father's and the attorney for the father's conscious and vocal decision at that same January 31,
2012 hearing to disobey the court order to allow the mother to enjoy visitation with the child.

The judge writes in his decision about the mother's attempt to enjoy visitation with child on
January 27, 2012 at the Maiden Cove Day Care. The father and the attorney for the father are
aware that this attempt resulted in the mother being assaulted, to wit, knocked to the ground by
Liljana Cvetkoska. They are aware that Maiden Cove Day Care Director, Sandy Farris, prior to
the incident and at the time of enrollment, requested that the father provide identification for the
mother and a copy of the visitation order to avoid situations like what happened on January 27,
2012. They are aware that the father did not comply with the request.

The judge writes that Christina Smith of DHHS investigated the incident at Maiden Cove and
characterized the mother as being wholly uncooperative. Your petitioner is aware that Smith
was afforded opportunities to speak with the mother. One of those occasions Smith was assisted
in the investigation by attorney Potter on behalf of the mother as well as your petitioner, Stephen

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Pickering. Your petitioner is aware that Smith told the mother during the first conversation that
she would provide the names of the witnesses to the mother during the second planned
conversation. Your petitioner did not hesitate to provide Smith with the names of witnesses that
your petitioner interviewed. Your petitioner is aware that during the second conversation she
refused to provide the names of all the witnesses she interviewed to the mother. This reneging
on a promise made by Smith caused the mother to be agitated. Your petitioners are aware that
this reaction by the mother was likely based partly on the knowledge that a member of DHHS,
Jim Beougher, admitted to misleading the mother and her attorney about evidence that did not
exist. Your petitioner alleges that Smith either lied to the mother during the first conversation or
purposely withheld the information during the second conversation to cause stress and grief for
the mother. A third scenario is possible, that being Smith overstepped her authority in the first
conversation and was not professional enough to admit her mistake to the mother and instead
chose the unprofessional route of being confrontational. Your petitioner alleges that Smith was
wholly uncooperative with the mother, the mother's attorney and the mother's investigator.
Smith went so far as to mockix the mother while addressing the mother's attorney when waiting
to attend a court hearing.

Your Petitioner has read the entire decision and it is consistent with the false or misleading
information created by and disseminated by attorney Waxman in order to discredit Handrahan.

Your petitioners believe that the father and the father's attorney have subjected the child to
serious harm or threat of serious harm by keeping the child away from the mother who would
provide protection from the abuse inflicted on the child by the father. Your petitioners believe
that Judge Jeffrey Moskowitz has subjected the child to serious harm or threat of serious harm
by allowing the father to prevent the mother from having contact with the child and instead
supports the father's campaign of parental alienation against the mother.

Your petitioners believe that Christina Smith, under the authority of DHHS, has subjected the
child to serious harm or threat of serious harm by supporting the father's campaign of parental
alienation against the mother which resulted in the child being denied a safe and nurturing
environment free from the abuse inflicted upon her by the father.

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CONTINUED ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE IN THE MALENKO HOME

On April 10, 2013 your Petitioner received a copy of PLAINTIFF'S MOTION PENDING
DIVORCE AND REQUEST FOR EXPIDITED HEARING filed by Liljana Cvetkoska on
March 13, 2013. Cvetkoska had filed for divorce from Igor Malenko and alleged abuse in the
motion. The motion indicates that Cvetkoska and Malenko were married on August 7, 2011.
Your petitioners believe that it is reasonable to infer that on their wedding day and on the days
leading up to their wedding the couple was happy and not affected by any conflicts in their lives
at the time.

The motion indicates that they had a child, Olga Malenko, on May 27, 2012. The motion
indicates that Igor Malenko did not want another child and demonstrated over time that he only
wanted Cvetkoska to be a nanny to Mila Malenko. The motion is attached as Exhibit 24.

The motion indicates that Igor Malenko subjected Cvetkoska to constant verbal abuse and threats
that he would throw Cvetkoska and Olga out of the house culminating in Malenko throwing
Cvetkoska and three month old Olga out in August 2012. Your petitioners believe that
Cvetkoskas use of the words "threw out" indicate that it is likely that Cvetkoska was subjected
to more than verbal abuse. The petitioners are aware that Malenko has been previously
convicted of an assault against his first wife, Lori Handrahan. It is reasonable to infer that
domestic violence is an unavoidable consequence of living with Igor Malenko.

The petitioner's are aware that on or about August 8 and 9, 2012 a South Portland Police vehicle
was seen parked at the residence of Cvetkoska and Malenko. The South Portland Police had
confirmed, orally, to a neighbor in South Portland this was in response to domestic violence
calls. Your petitioner is aware that the mother has attempted to retrieve the records via a FOIA
request but the police thus far have refused to release the records. These alleged incidents of
domestic abuse were reported by the mother to the Commissioner of DHHS, Mary Mayhew.

The motion indicates that Cvetkoska left the home a number of times to "get away from
Defendant's abuse". Your petitioners believe that the lack of the word "verbal" in this allegation
would make it reasonable to infer that the abuse inflected on Cvetkoska was more than verbal.
The motion indicates that Cvetkoska only returned to Malenko because she could not support
herself. A position that many domestic violence victims find themselves in.

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The motion indicates that Cvetkoska left Malenko permanently on November 27, 2012 with aid
of a family in Cape Elizabeth. This situation follows the same pattern observed in the
Malenko/Handrahan marriage, birth of child, domestic violence, separation and then divorce; the
common denominator being Igor Malenko.

The motion indicates that Cvetkoska has "received little if anything" in the way of spousal or
child support. As with Malenko/Handrahan, Malenko was delinquent with child support on a
regular basis. The main difference is that Handrahan could support herself and forgave much of
the delinquent child support.

The motion indicates that the $30,000.00 that Cvetkoska brought to the marriage had been
exhausted as Malenko provided little or no support to Cvetkoska or Olga. The motion indicates
that Cvetkoska was required to pay the medical costs of the pregnancy and child birth. Your
petitioners are aware that during the Handrahan/Malenko marriage, Handrahan provided
financial support for Malenko during their year and half marriage. Your petitioners are aware
that during this time Malenko refused to be employed after he had been fired from the Portland
YMCA, after approximately three months of part-time work, for aggressive behavior when he
was coaching children in swim classes.

On April 8, 2013 the motion was decided and clearly was in favor of Cvetkoska. None of the
facts outlined in the motion were disputed by Malenko. Your petitioners believe that Malenko,
by not disputing the facts in the motion, has admitted to abusing Cvetkoska.

Your petitioners believe that by Cvetkoska leaving the Malenko household, she has placed the
child, Mila Malenko, in serious harm or threat of serious harm by not being present to stop or
minimize the abuse that is likely being inflicted on the child. Your petitioners believe that
because of Malenko's history of domestic abuse and previous disclosures by the child that the
father has abused the child, the child remains in serious harm or threat of serious harm.

The allegations of the abuse in the Cvetkoska/Malenko home has not been litigated.

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INCONSISTENT AND CONTRADICTORY ACTIONS BY DHHS

Your petitioners believe that the inconsistent and contradictory actions by DHHS are
contributing to the serious harm or threat of serious harm being experienced by the child. Your
petitioners are aware that during the time that Cvetkoska and Malenko cohabitated they were
visited by DHHS case workers to assess the stability and safety of the home. The visits revealed
that the home life of Cvetkoska and Malenko were normal; that a happy and loving atmosphere
was observed in the home. This observation by DHHS is in stark contrast to what was described
in Cvetkoska's motion. Your petitioners believe that this disparity between what was reported by
DHHS and what was actually occurring in the home can be explained by DHHS's failure to
conduct a thorough and impartial investigation or their inability to be able to recognize when
they are being deceived.

Your petitioners are aware that on December 16, 2009 the child was examined by RN Angie
Delvecchio during a follow-up for a minor injury. During this examination the child disclosed
that her father "poked me in my gina" and "put his penis next to my gina". RN Delvecchio
consulted with Dr Larry Ricci at Spurwink and reported the disclosure to DHHS per his
recommendation. DHHS's response to the disclosure was not to open an investigation. DHHS
decided that the disclosure was the same incident as the July 2009 disclosure to RN Polly
Campbell and it did not warrant further investigation. DHHS Child Protective Director Dan
Despard stated that RN Angie Delvecchio told DHHS that she did not find the disclosure
credible. RN Delvecchio told Lori Handrahan and your petitioner that she did not tell DHHS
that she doubted the credibility of the disclosure. The recorded phone call between the mother
and RN Delvecchio is attached as Exhibit 25.

The December 17, 2009 allegation has not been litigated.

Your petitioner spoke to Dan Despard on April 13, 2011 and he informed your petitioner that he
did not believe that domestic violence perpetrated between parents posed a danger to a child if
the parents were no longer cohabitating. Your petitioners are aware that on June 12, 2011 Amy
Lake and her two children were murdered by her estranged husband more than a year after being
separated due to domestic violence.

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Your petitioner, Stephen Pickering, is aware that in 2006 DHHS petitioned for and a Waldo
County Court granted emergency removal of David Stuart Handler from his parents, Russell and
Eleanor Handler. The primary reason for the emergency removal was that the child had
witnessed the domestic abuse between the parents. Your petitioner is aware that the Handler
child never disclosed being abused by anyone.

Your petitioners are aware that on December 17, 2009 Attorney William Harwood of Verrill
Dana told the mother that James Beougher of DHHS recanted his original statement that DHHS
has secret information that negated the Spurwink report.

Your petitioners are aware that during an April 23, 2011 conversation between Stephen
Pickering and DHHS Supervisor Cynthia Sargent that DHHS caseworker Alicia Cummings did
not believe that the child made the spontaneous comments to the mother about the
birthmark/bruise on April 22, 2011. Sargent related to Pickering that Cummings held this belief
based on what the child had told Cummings previously. Your petitioners believe that it is
reasonable to infer that Cummings is biased and is not willing to follow up on potentially
exculpatory information.

Your petitioners are aware that in the summer of 2009, after leaving the first supervised visit
with her father, the child, after not seeing him for about three weeks since her disclosure of sex
abuse, upon seeing her mother and still walking with DHHS case worker Beth Fawcett stated
without prompting by either person, "I did not have to touch poppa's penis." Your petitioners are
aware that Fawcett acknowledged hearing the statement but did not conduct a follow up
interview to clarify the child's spontaneous statement.

The allegations of inappropriate practices of DHHS have not been litigated.

Your petitioners are aware that RN Polly Campbell, Maine Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner
Program Director provided the mother with a written account of her involvement in trying to
protect the child and the road blocks she encountered while doing so. Your petitioners are aware
that on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 7:06 pm RN Polly Campbell, Director of the Maine
Attorney Generals Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Program and President Elect of the
International Board of Forensic Nurses sent a draft statement to the mother, via her Gmail
account. Your petitioners are aware that RN Campbell intended to make the statement public but

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later changed her mind for fear of retribution from attorney Waxman. RN Campbell recently
affirmed her statement to an attorney assisting the mother. This statement by RN Campbell and
the email she sent to Lori Handrahan are attached as Exhibit 26.

Your petitioners believe that RN Campbell is an unbiased professional with an excellent

reputation for personal integrity and unparalleled knowledge on sexual abuse and domestic
violence. Her statement is a concise summary of four years of well-documented abuse of the
child by her father as well as the failings of DHHS that has resulted in evidence being
suppressed, hidden or otherwise compromised. RN Campbell is now prepared to testify to this
statement she wrote and she came to court by way of subpoena on May 9, 2013 prepared to do
so.

In this statement RN Campbell lists evidence of Mila Malenkos abuse that has been ignored.
Exhibits 27 are the documented evidence, lab results, sworn affidavits and recordings that RN
Campbell refers to when she claims that:

In addition, BCFS and the Maine State Police have chosen to ignore:

a very high dose of methamphetamine in Milas urine (tested after her father was
summonsed for stealing cough syrup from a supermarket);
the fact that Mila was with him when he was caught stealing the cough syrup;
an affidavit from Dr. Carl Baum, Pediatric Toxicologist at Yale-New Haven Medical
Center validating the danger to Mila of the high dose of methamphetamine;
a bruise on Milas forehead and a disclosure by Mila that her father hit her in the head
with a pan because she was crying;
an affidavit from Dr. Eli Newberger, child abuse expert at Bostons Childrens Hospital
expressing concern about this blow to Milas head.
a disclosure about her father blowing mith in my face;
a drawing depicting how her father sniffs rocks;

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Endnotes

i
Lori Handrahan asked permission of Igor Malenko to keep Mila in Sorrento for another week. Malenko refused
the request.
ii
Kathy Rogers, the Montessori School Director confirmed the amount of time spent by Cummings with Mila.
iii
Your petitioner, Stephen Pickering, served the State of Maine for 28 years as State Police Trooper, State Police
Detective and State Police Sergeant that supervised detectives. Your petitioner has investigated hundreds of child
abuse, domestic assaults and sexual assaults and has found that in cases of domestic assault and child abuse,
which is certainly domestic assault that the alleged abuser invariably tries to conceal the victim and or their injuries
to avoid detection and to control what the victim can disclose.
iv
I learned from on call supervisor Cynthia Sargent that Chris Call was one of the best case workers in the
department.
v
The word was "worry".
vi
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is founded on the belief that environmental and biological factors that remain
undetermined cause some people to respond to emotional states more quickly, and sustain a heightened
emotional affect for an extended period of time before they return to baseline. This discovery gives credence to
the symptoms of BPD which include lives fraught with crisis and severely shifting emotional peaks and valleys. DBT
helps these people learn coping techniques that they did not receive in their invalidated childhoods.

vii
Psychological tests are often used inappropriately and are misinterpreted and over interpreted in the forensic
setting. This harms the person being evaluated and interferes with the cause of justice. It also does a disservice to
the reputation of psychologists and the science of psychology. Actual examples of misuse of particular techniques
and tests and misinterpretation illustrate what has been done in forensic settings. A forensic evaluation is different
from a clinical evaluation. When an evaluation is done in the clinical setting, the conclusions are used to develop a
treatment plan. These conclusions form working hypotheses which can be confirmed or rejected during treatment.
However, in the forensic setting, a one-time decision is made about the individual - a decision which can markedly
affect the person's life.

If tests are misinterpreted in the clinical setting, the treatment plan developed from the evaluation may not be the
most effective for the client. However, since treatment plans are generally modified and revised throughout the
course of treatment, the mistaken conclusions can be corrected. But, an erroneous decision in the forensic setting
can result in immediate and severe consequences, such as losing custody of a child or being jailed. If decisions and
recommendations by the psychologist are not based on adequate data, the psychologist is acting both
incompetently and unethically.
viii
As Judge Moskowitz noted in his decision it is not unusual for a child of Mila's age to be shy and uncomfortable
talking to strangers.
ix
Smith asked attorney Potter if Handrahan cried and pleaded with Potter to stay on as her attorney.

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Dated: ________________________
Robert Gilman, pro se

Dated: _________________________
Newbold Noyes, pro se

Dated: _________________________
Stephen Pickering, pro se

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